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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,835 2,202 30.9 29.2-32.7 4,633 69.1 67.3-70.8
GENDER
Male 2,536 795 29.9 27.1-32.8 1,741 70.1 67.2-72.9
Female 4,299 1,407 31.9 29.9-34.0 2,892 68.1 66.0-70.1
AGE
18-24 363 56 21.0 14.6-29.3 307 79.0 70.7-85.4
25-34 938 209 20.9 17.0-25.5 729 79.1 74.5-83.0
35-44 1,260 347 28.7 25.1-32.5 913 71.3 67.5-74.9
45-54 1,319 470 36.8 32.9-41.0 849 63.2 59.0-67.1
55-64 1,163 497 44.0 39.9-48.3 666 56.0 51.7-60.1
65-74 1,005 401 38.0 33.8-42.4 604 62.0 57.6-66.2
75+ 749 211 26.9 22.6-31.7 538 73.1 68.3-77.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 892 317 32.3 27.2-37.9 575 67.7 62.1-72.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,977 647 30.1 27.1-33.4 1,330 69.9 66.6-72.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,782 582 31.0 27.5-34.8 1,200 69.0 65.2-72.5
College Graduate 2,169 651 31.0 28.2-34.0 1,518 69.0 66.0-71.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 635 235 34.1 28.4-40.3 400 65.9 59.7-71.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,085 366 34.4 29.7-39.3 719 65.6 60.7-70.3
$25,000- 34,999 741 227 24.1 19.8-29.1 514 75.9 70.9-80.2
$35,000- 49,999 986 340 33.4 29.2-37.9 646 66.6 62.1-70.8
$50,000-74,999 841 272 31.3 26.7-36.3 569 68.7 63.7-73.3
$75,000+ 1,021 326 32.9 28.8-37.3 695 67.1 62.7-71.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 398 123 26.1 21.7-31.1 275 73.9 68.9-78.3
Guilford 312 115 33.7 28.0-39.9 197 66.3 60.1-72.0
Mecklenburg 290 97 28.1 22.6-34.5 193 71.9 65.5-77.4
Orange 370 84 23.1 15.9-32.2 286 76.9 67.8-84.1
Wake 320 107 36.0 30.0-42.3 213 64.0 57.7-70.0
Chatham/Lee 287 95 30.8 24.9-37.4 192 69.2 62.6-75.1
Nash/Wilson 231 86 37.1 29.7-45.2 145 62.9 54.8-70.3
Craven/Pamlico 346 105 27.3 22.3-32.9 241 72.7 67.1-77.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 397 148 37.4 31.4-43.9 249 62.6 56.1-68.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 430 128 25.7 20.7-31.3 302 74.3 68.7-79.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 287 102 36.0 28.6-44.2 185 64.0 55.8-71.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 364 112 24.7 20.3-29.8 252 75.3 70.2-79.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 199 69 32.8 26.0-40.3 130 67.2 59.7-74.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 257 77 30.6 24.4-37.5 180 69.4 62.5-75.6
Northeast NC I 205 70 31.3 24.8-38.6 135 68.7 61.4-75.2
Northeast NC II 344 112 29.1 24.0-34.8 232 70.9 65.2-76.0
Northeastern Partnership 549 182 29.7 25.5-34.3 367 70.3 65.7-74.5
Mountain AHEC 1,154 371 32.9 28.4-37.8 783 67.1 62.2-71.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,034 658 29.2 26.0-32.6 1,376 70.8 67.4-74.0
Piedmont 2,932 952 32.0 29.6-34.5 1,980 68.0 65.5-70.4
Western NC 1,869 592 30.1 26.7-33.8 1,277 69.9 66.2-73.3

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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